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First, the detective locates something the suspect may have touched, for instance, his laptop, the doorknob to his bedroom, etc. Next, the detective carefully dusts fingerprint powder over the area. When a fingerprint is revealed, the detective takes a clear, clean plastic sheet and press it onto the fingerprint, therefore collecting the specimen. The fingerprint is then carefully taken to a lab to be tested.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe method used to collect fingerprints can differ depending on the surface. Regular powder is used to collect fingerprints off glass and painted surfaces, while magnetic powder is used on shiny surfaces such as a plastic container.
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∙ 14y agoUsing the classic Sherlock Holmes method of 'Watson' and a magnifying glass, with shade brought upon it by a double capped tweed hat.
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∙ 13y agoyou have some dust type of stuff and you put a brush in it and spread it across the place where you think there are fingerprints and you put something clear on it and you find fingerprints.
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∙ 13y agoThe fingerprints will have to match.
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Types of fingerprints that are usually found at a crime scene?
LATENT fingerprints.
What does a forensic fingerprint expert do?
Process fingerprints at a crime scene.
What is a crime scene investigator?
someone who investigates a crime scene they dust for fingerprints test for blood look for evidence and everything else associated with crime
What is crime scene investigation?
someone who investigates a crime scene they dust for fingerprints test for blood look for evidence and everything else associated with crime
What is epoxy glue used for at a crime scene?
To lift fingerprints from surfaces
Under what circumstances are DNA fingerprints used?
In most cases DNA fingerprints are used in identifying crime suspects. If there are fingerprints left at a crime scene then DNA fingerprints are used to attempt to identify the suspect. There is a database of criminal fingerprints that prints can be matched to if they are in the database.
The majority of fingerprints found at a crime scene are?
So vague as to be unusable for evidence.
How do you find evidence that might be left at the crime scene?
hair,fingerprints,footprints
What does a crime laboratory analyst do?
He or she analizes the evidence found at a crime scene and tests blood fingerprints and stuff like that
What does a latent print specialist do?
specializes in collecting fingerprints etc from a crime scene or a criminal.
What is fingerprint powder used for?
To uncover fingerprints and to (if feds) find evidence to crime scene
What is a sentence for the word latent?
The forensic scientist tested the crime scene for latent fingerprints.
